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Obama Broken Promises

Aug 072011
 

By MacPundit

He may have set a new record!

Broken PromisesIn Texas there is a saying that goes like this: “He’s all hat and no cattle.” Texans use it to describe someone who may look good, sound good, and impress people who don’t know any better, but the person is not exactly who he wants you to think he is. President Obama is “All hat and no cattle.” He impresses people who don’t know any better. So here’s a wake up call for those people. The next time you hear him tell you that he is going to do this or that wonderful thing, think again because his record of keeping his promises is as bad as it gets in politics—and that is really bad.

Take a look at this list of 83 Obama broken promises from PolitiFact. They are all well documented. After more than 4 years, Barack Obama has kept less than half of his promises.

The following are rated as “Broken Promises” by PolitiFact.com as of April 17, 2013. You can see full explanations at PolitiFact.com.

  1. Eliminate all oil and gas tax loopholes – BROKEN
  2. Require publicly traded financial partnerships to pay the corporate income tax – BROKEN
  3. Close loopholes in the corporate tax deductibility of CEO pay – BROKEN
  4. No family making less than $250,000 will see “any form of tax increase.” – BROKEN
  5. Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center – BROKEN
  6. Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPAN – BROKEN
  7. Allow five days of public comment before signing bills – BROKEN
  8. Introduce a comprehensive immigration bill in the first year – BROKEN
  9. Centralize ethics and lobbying information for voters – BROKEN
  10. Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials – BROKEN
  11. Re-establish the National Aeronautics and Space Council – BROKEN
  12. Support human mission to moon by 2020 – BROKEN
  13. Provide an annual report on “state of our energy future” – BROKEN
  14. Recognize the Armenian genocide – BROKEN
  15. Increase the capital gains and dividends taxes for higher-income taxpayers – BROKEN
  16. Expand the child and dependent care credit – BROKEN
  17. Create a foreclosure prevention fund for homeowners – BROKEN
  18. End income tax for seniors making less than $50,000 – BROKEN
  19. End no-bid contracts above $25,000 – BROKEN
  20. Repeal the Bush tax cuts for higher incomes – BROKEN
  21. Phase out exemptions and deductions for higher earners – BROKEN
  22. Sign the Employee Free Choice Act, making it easier for workers to unionize – BROKEN
  23. Forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses – BROKEN
  24. Allow workers to claim more in unpaid wages and benefits in bankruptcy court – BROKEN
  25. Allow imported prescription drugs – BROKEN
  26. Mandate insurance coverage of autism treatment – BROKEN
  27. Direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a comprehensive study of federal cancer initiatives – BROKEN
  28. Create a National Commission on People with Disabilities, Employment, and Social Security – BROKEN
  29. Change federal rules so small businesses owned by people with disabilities can get preferential treatment for federal contracts. – BROKEN
  30. Form international group to help Iraq refugees – BROKEN
  31. Reinstate special envoy for the America – BROKEN
  32. Double the Peace Corps – BROKEN
  33. Double funding for after school programs – BROKEN
  34. Urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws – BROKEN
  35. Allow bankruptcy judges to modify terms of a home mortgage – BROKEN
  36. Restore Superfund program so that polluters pay for clean-ups – BROKEN
  37. Pay for the national service plan without increasing the deficit – BROKEN
  38. Limit term of director of national intelligence – BROKEN
  39. Give annual “State of the World” address – BROKEN
  40. Reduce earmarks to 1994 levels – BROKEN
  41. Enact windfall profits tax for oil companies – BROKEN
  42. Create cap and trade system with interim goals to reduce global warming – BROKEN
  43. Require plug-in fleet at the White House – BROKEN
  44. Allow penalty-free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts in 2008 and 2009 – BROKEN
  45. Create a public option health plan for a new National Health Insurance Exchange – BROKEN
  46. Provide option for a pre-filled-out tax form – BROKEN
  47. Create a mortgage interest tax credit for non-itemizers – BROKEN
  48. Require automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans – BROKEN
  49. Require automatic enrollment in IRA plans – BROKEN
  50. Create a retirement savings tax credit for low incomes – BROKEN
  51. Create a $60 billion bank to fund roads and bridges – BROKEN
  52. Lift the payroll tax cap on earnings above $250,000 – BROKEN
  53. Prevent drug companies from blocking generic drugs – BROKEN
  54. Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices – BROKEN
  55. Appoint federal-level coordinator to oversee all federal autism efforts – BROKEN
  56. Double federal funding for cancer research – BROKEN
  57. Provide the CDC $50 million in new funding to determine the most effective approaches for cancer patient care – BROKEN
  58. Fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) – BROKEN
  59. Reduce the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act from companies with 50employees to companies with 25 employees – BROKEN
  60. Provide a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave – BROKEN
  61. Require employers to provide seven paid sick days per year – BROKEN
  62. Expand the Family Medical Leave Act to include leave for domestic violence or sexual assault – BROKEN
  63. Work with Russia to move nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert – BROKEN
  64. Develop an alternative to President Bush’s Military Commissions Act on handling detainees – BROKEN
  65. Secure ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) – BROKEN
  66. Seek to negotiate a political agreement on Cyprus – BROKEN
  67. Seek independent watchdog agency to investigate congressional ethics violations – BROKEN
  68. Create a public “Contracts and Influence” database – BROKEN
  69. Expose Special Interest Tax Breaks to Public Scrutiny – BROKEN
  70. Expand the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity – BROKEN
  71. Sign the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act into law – BROKEN
  72. Increase the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour – BROKEN
  73. Support tax deduction for artists – BROKEN
  74. Reduce the number of middle managers in the federal workforce – BROKEN
  75. Strengthen the Age Discrimination in Employment Act – BROKEN
  76. Work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers – BROKEN
  77. Use revenue from cap and trade to support clean energy and environmental restoration – BROKEN
  78. Require more flex-fuel cars for the federal government – BROKEN
  79. Mandate flexible fuel vehicles by 2012 – BROKEN
  80. Double federal program to help “reverse” commuters who go from city to suburbs – BROKEN
  81. Require energy conservation in use of transportation dollars – BROKEN
  82. Sign the Freedom of Choice Act – BROKEN
  83. Give the White House’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Board subpoena power – BROKEN

Whew! That’s a lot of broken promises! It just might be a record. I don’t know, it’s probably a close race between Obama and Jimmy Carter. No matter, it’s depressing. Just don’t let President Obama tell you that it’s all the Republican’s fault because they block everything he tries to do. The Democrats controlled both houses of Congress for the first two years of his presidency. They could have done virtually anything he wanted them to do. No excuses, Mr. President, you’re a big “promiser” but you’re a lousy deliverer.

So how does he get away with it? First, because his followers want to believe him so much that they don’t bother to check up on him to see if he keeps his promises. Second, because the so-called mainstream media don’t tell you the truth. Here’s another thing to remember: Barack Obama depends on your ignorance. Don’t think so? Then why does he continue to make empty promises? Even worse, there is hardly a day that goes by that he doesn’t say things that are outright lies. I know, you may think I dislike him or his policies or that I am some kind of a right wing nut. Well, you would be wrong—except for not liking his policies. But even if you were right, it would not change the facts. He does have a horrible record of broken promises and he does lie—a lot. Many of his lies are well documented elsewhere on this site and many are videos so you can hear him lie in his own words.

Listen, I am not happy about reporting such negative things about my president. But if we really want an honest government we need to accept the truth about our leaders, especially our president. So like it or not, I call them like I see them. And just for the record, how many broken promises does it take before you stop believing someone? Two? Four? How about 83? Would that do it?

The Bush Failed Economic Policies

Mar 062009
 

Let’s review them

Barack Obama and the Democrats repeatedly use the phrase “The Bush failed economic policies.” Yet the facts reveal their dishonesty. Here is a brief review.

President Bush’s Economic Policies Resulted In Creation Of 8.31 Million Jobs Beginning August 2003 In The Longest Continuous Months Of Job Growth On Record

November 2, 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new jobs figures. From August 2003, 8.31 million jobs were created, with 1.68 million jobs created over the 12 months that ended in October. The economy added jobs for 50 straight months – the longest period of uninterrupted job growth on record. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.7 percent.

The U.S. Economy Remained Strong, Flexible, And Dynamic

  • Real GDP grew at a strong 3.9 percent in the third quarter of 2007. The economy experienced six years of uninterrupted growth, averaging 2.8 percent a year from 2001.
  • Real after-tax per capita personal income rose by 12.7 percent – an average of over $3,800 per person – from when President Bush took office.
  • Real wages rose 1.2 percent over the 12 months that ended in September. This rise was faster than the average rate during the 1990s.
  • From the first quarter of 2001, productivity growth averaged 2.6 percent per year. This growth is well above average productivity growth in the 1990s, 1980s, and 1970s.
  • The deficit was at 1.2 percent of GDP, well below the 40-year average. Economic growth contributed to a 6.7 percent rise in tax receipts in FY 2007, following an increase of 11.8 percent in FY 2006.

So Obama and the Democrats continue to lie about the Bush economic policies. It is just one more important story that the Obama Media do not want you to hear.

The Presidential Election of 2008

Mar 052009
 

A Foolish, Corrupt, Childish Display

It’s over and there is no getting around it: The presidential election of 2008 was a first-time-ever “American Idol Presidential Contest.” Never before have we elected a president who was so demonstrably unqualified to run for the presidency of the United States of America. So how did this happen?

A brief review

Obama’s win was the result of many factors.

  1. Barack Obama’s exceptional rhetorical skills and his vague and often disingenuous, populist message of “Change you can believe in. “
  2. Money: He had the largest “war chest” in U.S. political history.
  3. His campaign team: It was one of the most effective ever. They strictly and adroitly managed every aspect of the campaign so their populist rhetoric stayed on message and was disseminated when and where it was the most needed. Additionally, the media’s access to candidate Obama was carefully restricted. All considered, it was a masterfully run propaganda machine.
  4. A corrupt media: Despite their very limited access to the candidate—something that normally would have turned responsible journalists against a candidate—never before have the U.S. media been so blatantly biased in favor of a presidential candidate. This factor alone may have contributed 10% or more to an Obama victory. At times, their favoritism for Obama was so complete that it was often hard to tell the difference between media product and output from the Obama campaign itself. Honest historians will have to record this period in U.S. history as one during which American journalism died.
  5. Race: To think that race did not work in Obama’s favor is to deny the stats. 96% of African American voters chose Obama as did a huge majority of Hispanic voters. Add to these, the unfounded guilt factor among many misguided liberal Democrats and the deal was done! Moreover, there is no evidence of an offset by an anti-black vote.
  6. The financial-markets crisis: With the help of the media, Barack Obama successfully and dishonestly placed the blame for the financial-market crisis on “Bush’s failed economic policies” and the Republicans in general. In fact, Bush’s economic policies were extraordinarily successful given the massive hits on our economy during his presidency. The real culprits were Democrats, not Republicans. Beginning perhaps with Jimmy Carter and culminating with Democratic stonewalling of institutional reform by the likes of Chris Dodd and Barney Frank the financial meltdown of 2008 was a veritable fait accompli. It is a matter of record that both President Bush and Republican members of congress repeatedly warned that we were headed for a financial meltdown unless the corrupt and irresponsible practices at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were reformed and that the Democrats stonewalled all efforts to enact such reform. (See “Obama Blames Bush For Financial Crisis.” But thanks to the corrupt media, these facts were kept from the main body of the electorate, most of whom to this day, still don’t know the real causes of our current financial problems.
  7. Hardcore Liberal Democrats: They vote the party line no matter what.
  8. Cultism: It is not an exaggeration to say that a “Cult of Obama” developed and was nurtured by the media during the campaign. The details and depth of this mania will be documented and examined later on this site.
  9. Ignorance: Post-election polling and surveys revealed that millions of Obama voters were woefully ignorant of even the most basic facts about Barack Obama the candidate, current events, national politics in general, and even American history. In fact, it became shockingly clear that ignorant voters were some of Obama’s most ardent devotees.
  10. Irresponsible behavior: Many informed voters simply ignored their normal tendencies to rational thought, went into denial mode and voted for Obama because “He is black and it would be nice to have a black president”, or “I like the way he speaks”, or whatever. Without hesitation, when his supporters were asked a series of rational, fair questions such as “Does his inexperience concern you?” – “Do his long-standing radical associations trouble you?” – “Is the fact that he has not even completed four years of his first term in the Senate an issue for you?” or “Can you name just one significant legislative accomplishment of his?” the answer was “no” every time.

And so, Barack Obama won The American Idol Presidential Contest of 2008.

See also: How Obama Got Elected

Reverend Jeremiah Wright

Oct 202008
 

Reverend Jeremiah Wright mentored Barack Obama

In the following video you will see and hear Barack Obama’s pastor and mentor of twenty years spew his venomous hatred for whites and America.

While anyone who knows American history would be angry and disgusted by Wright’s words, they apparently never bothered Barack Obama—that is until his association with Wright became a political liability. While the vast majority of Americans would have walked out of the church immediately, Barack Obama stayed there for twenty years during which time Reverend Wright conducted his marriage and baptized his children. You should also notice that while Hillary Clinton and others placed their hands on their hearts as our National Anthem played, Barack Obama did not. This was his policy until recently. Never in our history have we seriously considered such a man for the presidency—until now.

Relationship with Barack Obama

Barack Obama first met Reverend Wright and joined his church in the 1980s, while he was working as a community organizer in Chicago before attending Harvard Law School. Wright officiated at the wedding ceremony of Barack and Michelle Obama, as well as their children’s baptism. The title of Obama’s memoir, The Audacity of Hope, was inspired by one of Wright’s sermons.

Wright was scheduled to give the public invocation before Obama’s presidential announcement, but Obama withdrew the invitation the night before the event. Wright wrote a rebuttal letter to the editor disputing the characterization of the account as reported in an article in The New York Times.

In 2007 Wright was appointed to Barack Obama’s African American Religious Leadership Committee, a group of over 170 national black religious leaders who supported Obama’s bid for the Democratic nomination; however, it was announced in March 2008 that Wright was no longer serving as a member of this group.

Political controversy

In March 2008, a controversy broke out concerning Obama’s long-term relationship with Wright, his former pastor. ABC News found several racially and politically charged sermons by Wright. Some of Wright’s statements, such as when he said, “God Damn America”, were widely interpreted as being unpatriotic and deeply offensive.

Following negative media coverage and during a temporary drop in the polls, Obama responded by condemning Wright’s remarks and delivering a speech entitled “A More Perfect Union” at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the speech, Obama rejected Wright’s comments, but refused to disown the man himself. Although the speech, which attempted to explain and contextualize the comments, was generally well-received, some continued to press the question of Obama’s long-standing relationship with Wright.

On April 27, Wright gave a keynote address at the 53rd Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner for the Detroit chapter of the NAACP. In front of nearly 10,000, Wright gave a speech in which he referred to the controversy, saying, “I am not running for the Oval Office. I been running for Jesus a long, long time, and I’m not tired yet!” Wright argued that Americans were beginning to change their attitudes and perceptions about differences among societal groups. Citing linguistic, pedagogical, hermeneutic, and other differences, and contrasting varied musicologies, he sought to show how black culture is “different” but not “deficient”, while saying that European-American culture has historically held it to be deficient, and punctuating his speech at numerous times with the dinner’s annual theme “A Change Is Going to Come”. Earlier that day, he delivered a sermon to 4000 congregants at the Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas.

On April 28, 2008, Wright made additional remarks, and also answered questions from reporters, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. He argued that his attention in the media was not only an attack on him, but also an attack on the black church in general.

At a news conference the following April 29, Barack Obama decried Wright’s latest remarks as “a bunch of rants that aren’t grounded in the truth”. He accused his former pastor of exploiting racism and “giving comfort to those who prey on hate.” He characterized Wright’s National Press Club appearance as a “spectacle” and described its content as “outrageous” and “destructive.”

“After seeing Reverend Wright’s performance, I felt there was a complete disregard for what the American people are going through and the need for them to rally together to solve these problems,” he said. “What mattered to him was him commanding center stage.” Obama said he was “particularly angered” by Wright’s allegation that the candidate was engaging in political posturing when he denounced the minister’s earlier remarks. “If Reverend Wright considers that political posturing, then he doesn’t know me very well,” Obama said. “Based on his comments yesterday, well, I may not know him as well as I thought, either.”

On May 31, 2008, Obama announced that he had resigned from his membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ, of which Wright had previously served as pastor.

However, Obama’s criticism of Wright and his departure from his church came only when he realized that his twenty year association with Wright was beginning to hurt his run for the presidency. So the obvious question is: Why did it take Obama twenty years to learn who Reverend Wright was?

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